Dr. Jordan Shlain, founder of San Francisco medical group Current Health, has been invited to sit on the physician advisory board of health care IT company Ingenix. Next month, he also will become president of the American Academy of Private Physicians.

Codexis Inc. in Redwood City has hired Jacques Beaudry-Losiqueas vice president, corporate development and strategy. He joins Codexis from the U.S. Department of Energy, and will be responsible for corporate strategic planning for Codexis' bioindustrials businesses and directing the company's government relations programs.

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Codexis also notes that Byron Dorgan, former U.S. senator from North Dakota, has been elected to the company's board of directors. Dorgan retired from the Senate in January after a 30-year career in Congress.

Nellie Newmanhas joined Traction, an advertising agency in San Francisco, as director of client services. Most recently, she was vice president of account management at Wayfinder.

San Ramon-based e-government software company Accela Inc. has hired Don Nannemanas senior vice president of marketing. Most recently he led the cloud marketing effort at data integration company Informatica.

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